Pharmacy case studies

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Allen G. Debus

Man and Nature in the Renaissance offers an introduction to science and medicine during the earlier phases of the scientific revolution, from the mid-fifteenth century to the mid-seventeenth century. Renaissance science has frequently been approached in terms of the progress of the exact sciences of mathematics and astronomy, to the neglect of the broader intellectual context of the period. Conversely, those authors who have emphasized the latter frequently play down the importance of the technical scientific developments. In this book, Professor Debus amalgamates these approaches: The exact sciences of the period are discussed in detail, but reference is constantly made to religious and philosophical concepts that play little part in the science of our own time. Thus, the renewed interest in mystical texts and the subsequent impact of alchemy, astrology, and natural magic on the development of modern science and medicine are central to the account. Major themes that are followed throughout the book include the effects of humanism, the search for a new method of science, and the dialogue between proponents of the mystical-occult world view and the mathematical-observational approach to nature.

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[compiled and introduced by] David E. Shi

Since colonial days Americans have greatly admired, variously defined, and occasionally practiced the simple life. In doing so they have provided a significant shaping force in the history of American values. Though quickly displaced by the cult of more and more, the simple life has remained an elevated ideal for a resolute few. For some it has meant a life of pious austerity; for others it has entailed conscientious consumption and aesthetic creation; for a few it has resulted in withdrawal from the larger society. Yet whatever form of simplicity has been adopted, those promoting the ideal have been animated by the same common purpose: to subordinate material desires to 'higher' activities. This richly illustrated anthology presents a fascinating and compelling array of original writings, woven together with Shi's illuminating commentary. -- publisher

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Anat Scolnicov

"This book analyses the right to religious freedom within international law. Analysing legal structures in a variety of both Western and Non-Western jurisdictions, the book sets out a topography of the different constitutional structures of religion within the state and their compliance with international human rights law. The book also considers the position of women's religious freedom vis a vis community claims of religious freedom. Taking a rigorous approach to the right, Anat Scolnicov argues that the interpretation and application of religious freedom must be understood as a conflict between individual and group claims of rights, and argues for an individualistic interpretation of this right." -- Publisher's information.

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Rosino Gibellini

El discurso teológico del siglo XX, como discurso hecho "en honor de Dios", se ha ido desarrollando cada vez más como discurso en defensa y a favor de lo "Humanum", empalmando con los filones más vivo s de la tradición cristiana. Uno de los textos más citados de la tradición cirstiana en la teología del siglo XX en la afirmación de Ireneo, del siglo II: "Gloria Dei vivens homo", "la glora de Dios es el ser humano vivo". En un importante debate filosófico sobre "El futuro de la Ilustración", Johann Baptist Metz advertía a los filósofos presentes que la cultura de la Ilustración, como culturua de la libertad, de la democracia y de los derechos humanos, si quiere tener futuro, debe abrirse a las aportaciones que puede ofrecerle la memoria del Dios de la tradición bíblico-cristiana, "la cual todavia hoy permite hablar de humanidad y de solidaridad, de opresión y de liberación, y protestar contra una injusticia que clama al cielo". En este estudio se pretende una reconstrucción global de la historia del pensamiento cristiano del siglo XX en sus momentos más significativos, en sus temáticas más comprometidas y en los textos esenciales que jalonan su recorrido. Las "teologías" que van sucediéndose de capítulo en capítulo deben verse como perspectiva sobre el objeto incomparable y co-envolvente (Barth) del Misterio y de la Revelación (el tema propio de la teología) en el contexto experiencial, cultural y social en que se va articulando sucesivamente la reflexión teológica de nuestro siglo.